Aviation - They Made History

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1780

Date Released

15 Jul 1963

Date submitted

11 Jul 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1State Visit - A Summing Up
2. 2High as a Kite
3. 3Aviation - They Made History
4. 4Sydney Suffers Big Wet

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aviation - They Made History. DESCRIPTION: Movietone visited the National Aeronautical Collection which has re-opened in a splendid new gallery at the Science Museum. Planes dating back to the beginning of the 20th Century to those up-to-date are displayed. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV aircraft. Old aircraft (2 shots). GV Spitfire (2 shots). Cody Bi-plane of 1912 (2 shots). CU scale model of Vickers VC10 Supermarine Seaplane (2 shots). TS Vickers Vimy. MCU Alcock and Brown. MS same take off. GV same in flight. Same are welcomed (3 shots). ‘Jason’ (De Havilland Gypsy Moth) of 1930 (2 shots). MS same. MCU same. Amy Johnson in flight (3 shots). Plane crashes (3 shots). MS men take plane away (Jason). MS Jason in museum. GV model in same.

Keywords

Science and technology; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

United States of America; Australia; United Kingdom

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

86909

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

167

Story extras:

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